# Candlestick pattern scanners for NSE

> Candlestick pattern screeners for NSE stocks: engulfing, hammer, harami, morning and evening stars, three soldiers and crows — each pattern filtered by the context that makes it mean something.

Canonical: https://patternsradar.com/scans/candlestick-patterns

Every candlestick pattern is a one-, two- or three-session story about who controlled the tape and when they lost it: the hammer's long lower shadow is a rejected sell-off, the engulfing candle is one side overwhelming the other's entire day, the stars are enthusiasm-doubt-verdict told across three bars. The patterns are old — Japanese rice traders were naming them two centuries before anyone drew a moving average — and their weakness is equally old: alone, on an arbitrary chart, most barely beat a coin flip. Context is what rescues them, which is why every scan here pairs its pattern with a condition that gives the story a setting — a hammer is scanned for where the chart is oversold, an evening star where it is extended, an inside bar where the larger trend can turn its pause into a spring. The pattern is the trigger; the filter is the reason to care.

## The scans (14)

### Bullish engulfing at support

https://patternsradar.com/screener/bullish-engulfing-support.md

```sift
where pattern is bullish_engulfing
  and close within 3% of sma(50)
```

An engulfing candle forming while the stock sits on its 50-day average. A candlestick pattern in isolation is close to meaningless — engulfing candles form constantly. What gives one weight is location, and forming on a moving average the whole market watches is the location that matters.

### Bearish engulfing near the highs

https://patternsradar.com/screener/bearish-engulfing-resistance.md

```sift
where pattern is bearish_engulfing
  and close within 3% of high_52w
```

A bearish engulfing candle within 3% of the 52-week high — a rejection where it counts. The same location argument as its bullish twin, inverted. An engulfing candle in the middle of a range is noise; one printed while the stock is testing its yearly high is a visible failure at a level plenty of people are watching.

### Hammer while oversold

https://patternsradar.com/screener/hammer-oversold.md

```sift
where pattern is hammer and rsi(14) < 40
```

A long lower wick after a decline, with RSI still under 40. A hammer is a session where sellers pushed price well below the open and buyers took it all back before the close. That story only means something after a decline, which is what the RSI condition establishes.

### Shooting star after a run

https://patternsradar.com/screener/shooting-star-top.md

```sift
where pattern is shooting_star and rsi(14) > 60
```

A long upper wick with RSI above 60 — buyers tried and could not hold it. The hammer upside down: price ran well above the open during the session and gave all of it back by the close. Requiring RSI over 60 puts the candle where it means something, at the end of an advance rather than in the middle of a decline.

### Morning star

https://patternsradar.com/screener/morning-star.md

```sift
where pattern is morning_star within 2 bars
```

The three-bar reversal: down bar, pause, then a strong recovery. One of the few candlestick patterns with a genuinely coherent story: heavy selling, then a session of indecision where the selling stops, then buyers taking control. Checked across the last two sessions rather than only today, since the confirmation bar is what completes it.

### Three white soldiers

https://patternsradar.com/screener/three-white-soldiers.md

```sift
where pattern is three_white_soldiers and close > sma(50)
```

Three strong up-closes in a row above the 50-day — sustained buying, not a spike. Three consecutive substantial green candles, each closing near its high. The pattern's whole claim is persistence — it is difficult to produce accidentally — and the 50-day filter keeps it to names where the persistence is going somewhere.

### Doji on heavy volume

https://patternsradar.com/screener/doji-indecision.md

```sift
where pattern is doji
  and close > sma(50)
  and rel_volume > 1.2
```

An indecision candle on above-average volume while the trend still holds. A doji is a session that opened and closed at essentially the same price — a standoff. On light volume that is simply a quiet day; on heavy volume it means a large number of people disagreed about the price and neither side won, which is what makes it worth flagging.

### Inside bar in an uptrend

https://patternsradar.com/screener/inside-bar-squeeze.md

```sift
where pattern is inside_bar and close > sma(50) > sma(200)
```

A contracted range inside yesterday's, while the larger trend still points up. An inside bar is a one-session volatility squeeze: the entire range fits within the previous session's. Inside an established uptrend it usually reads as a pause rather than a top, and it gives an unusually well-defined level to trade against.

### Bullish harami

https://patternsradar.com/screener/bullish-harami.md

```sift
where pattern is bullish_harami and rsi(14) < 45
```

A small up-day held inside the previous big down-day, with RSI already washed out. The harami is the engulfing pattern's quieter sibling: instead of overwhelming the prior candle, the market simply refuses to continue it. After a sharp decline, a session that opens higher and holds inside yesterday's body means the selling could not follow through even once. The RSI condition confines it to charts that have actually fallen far enough for a reversal to mean something.

### Bearish harami

https://patternsradar.com/screener/bearish-harami.md

```sift
where pattern is bearish_harami and rsi(14) > 55
```

A hesitation candle inside a big up-day, high enough on the chart to matter. After a strong advance, a session trapped inside the previous candle's body is the advance failing to continue at the first opportunity. It is among the weaker reversal patterns on its own — hesitation is not distribution — which is why the RSI condition matters: hesitation at stretched prices ends rallies far more often than hesitation halfway up.

### Evening star

https://patternsradar.com/screener/evening-star.md

```sift
where pattern is evening_star within 2 bars
```

The three-candle top: a strong up-day, a stall, and a decisive down-day. The mirror of the morning star, and the more useful of the two for anyone who holds positions: a big white candle, a small-bodied pause that gapped away from it, then a black candle closing deep into the first one's gains. Three sessions that read as enthusiasm, doubt, and exit — in that order. Searched within two bars so a signal from yesterday still surfaces.

### Three black crows

https://patternsradar.com/screener/three-black-crows.md

```sift
where pattern is three_black_crows within 2 bars
```

Three consecutive long down-days, each closing near its low — persistent, orderly selling. One big down-day is an event; three in a row, each opening inside the last body and closing near its low, is a campaign. The pattern's reputation comes from what it is not: there is no panic in it, no capitulation spike to fade — just a seller with more to do tomorrow. Checked over the last two sessions so the completed pattern is still catchable.

### Bullish outside bar

https://patternsradar.com/screener/bullish-outside-bar.md

```sift
where pattern is outside_bar and close > open
```

A range that swallowed yesterday's entirely and resolved upward. An outside bar trades below yesterday's low and above yesterday's high in the same session — both sides' stops were run, both arguments were tested. The close is the verdict. Closing green after printing a lower low means the morning's breakdown found buyers rather than followers, and whoever sold that low is now the fuel above.

### Marubozu on volume

https://patternsradar.com/screener/marubozu-conviction.md

```sift
where pattern is marubozu within 2 bars and rel_volume > 1
```

A bar with almost no wicks on above-average volume — one side held the session from open to close. Most bars record an argument; a marubozu records a rout. No upper wick means no rally was sold, no lower wick means no dip was bought — one side simply took the session. It is a rare print, and rarer still on real volume, which is the filter here: a conviction bar on thin trade is an empty room, not a statement. Checked over the last two sessions so a completed print is still catchable.

## Common questions

### Do candlestick patterns actually work?

In isolation, most test close to chance. In context — a bullish reversal pattern where a stock is genuinely oversold at support, a bearish one where it is extended — their hit rates improve measurably. Every scan here builds that context in, and every one can be replayed against a year of history to check the claim.

### What is the most reliable candlestick pattern?

The engulfing patterns and three-bar formations (morning star, evening star, three white soldiers, three black crows) test better than single-candle signals, because they record a completed shift in control rather than one session's hesitation. Single candles like the doji are context markers, not signals.

### Can you screen NSE stocks by candlestick pattern?

Yes — every scan on this page does exactly that, with `pattern is` conditions in Sift. Patterns can also be combined freely with any other condition: RSI, volume, delivery percentage, or distance from a moving average.